Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fef3a2f45ed01c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 00:25:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 15de87b59d716d2b93897e7815cbacec SHA-1: 873f88dce36e0f43c6afbd7ac1d989536de39262 SHA-256: 4fef3a2f45ed01c51d7ab6ab43138c1b13feb506fff5867ce690cc2ebb9e1065
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream further supports malicious activity, likely for obfuscation or to facilitate redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+hidden+texts+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/38823788505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://german-ex.com/images/blog/file/78370272665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawuvisawusataxelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rolcsi-bau.hu/userfiles/files/36136318433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiansecuritisation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fexajobiwigazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadep30giay.com/uploads/image/files/nileza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basumati.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dojumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31109627648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhomkinhtoanthang.com/media/file/jakutowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/69208004928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poddertradingandindustries.com/userfiles/file/raxagegixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236045600b844a0e55ebdbb7c24a389d/4858279475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insp.biz/img/file/85610986196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/jaxaragij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6t4bsfll8vombpre3t0f9cb1v/nunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1am130r6h1n1-k11a7.com/contents/files/lupopixinadovidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/revobevusopubodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84857579461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolescuderie.eu/userfiles/files/17441613812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.la-rocca.pl/app/webroot/files/files/biravudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20720233709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/78411953100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48611f91958214c4c638c80b339dd4fa/pegakiniwoditi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--38-mlcqjbufcz6h.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/47190634852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f1ce5446c---61639564758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE390 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 96cc330904ff46b50c57bd2be4d908cb2e3445eb7352a5e341809c9cf966a38f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBB2 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 050cec3f3d7237d73965b6d7b6568aa8b804124a4280f01444dade5d95aa464a